who wrote this book

[david small]

Could anyone please enlighten me as to the title of a novel I read about fifteen years ago?
Synopsis. It starts in ancient history about a Tel.. an ancient digging site. It tells of the lives of the people, at that time, then moves on to a further generation. Mostly Hebrew I believe. It keeps moving forward slowly expanding a connection through time.I thought it was The dig or something like that. It was a large novel and had a lot of historical research applied to it.
I thank you for taking the trouble to answer this

[Zabadak]

It's Mitchener's "The Source" - an excellent novel.

[Zabadak]

With apologies to James Michener, who spells his name this way, not mine!

[david small]

Thank you Zabadak. you got it in one. I'm of to source it now.

[alexanderd]

if you are still around David get hold of any of Micheners books they are all in a similar vein to The Source. Outstanding are Hawaii and The covenant
alex

[carmalee]

always recommend the covenant when anyone asks me about South Africa - it explains it's complicated and history so well.

[askyourgran]

I agree. I read The Source years ago and I enjoyed it, James Micheners books are all very interesting reads